East Central NC Archives - Page 85 of 112

Capt. Jeff Cronk pitches a float rig beneath a boat dock to tempt a red or a black drum.

Approach and cast docks with caution

To pawn a jig with a scented soft plastic or mud minnow in exchange for a red drum strike in the back of Queen or another of Bogue Sound’s creeks, an angler should get very close to the prospective dock, but avoid banging it. […]

The Coastal Fisheries Reform Group has announced it will seek a total gill-net ban along the North Carolina coast because the state Legislature has refused to act on proposed gamefish status for red drum and speckled trout.

Fisheries group calls for total gill-net ban, cites legislative inaction on gamefish bill

Craig Holt

The Coastal Fisheries Reform Group declared last week its intent to seek a total gill-net ban in North Carolina coastal waters. […]

Rep. Darrell McCormick (background), co-chairman of the Legislature’s Committee on Marine Resources, listens as DMF director Louis Daniel III answers a question during a Raleigh public hearing. McCormick will speak at a recreational-fishing group’s fundraiser Feb. 25 in Swansboro.

McCormick to speak at Swansboro fundraiser for gamefish fight

Craig Holt

Representative Darrell McCormick, co-chair of the North Carolina Legislature’s Committee on Marine Resources, will be the keynote speaker during a Feb. 25 event to raise money for the fight to change the state’s saltwater fisheries management and better reflect the value of recreational fishing. […]

American shad can grow up to 5 pounds and anglers catch them at central-coast rivers and streams each spring.

Shad runs begin on eastern North Carolina rivers and streams

Craig Holt

The first fish migration of spring is underway on North Carolina coastal counties and, although these creatures aren’t much to write home about nor do they provide eye-popping photographs to send the local newspaper, they provide excellent and numerous light-tackle thrills. […]

River herring crashed because of mismanagement by the NCMRC even as state biologists warned continued commercial netting was detrimental, and at least one recreational angler says he fears the same thing could happen with speckled trout.

Mismanagement of river herring warns of NCMFC’s commercial bias, veteran rec angler says

Craig Holt

As commercial and recreational saltwater fishing interests duke out their positions online and at meetings of the legislature’s Committee on Marine Resources, Ray Brown of Goldsboro remains one of the most eloquent speakers on behalf of coastal resources. […]

Liberty's Greg Glouse won the BFL tournament held on Sunday (Feb. 12) by dropshotting ditches and points.

Upstate anglers dominate Walmart BFL on Lake Keowee

Glenn Corley

Upstate anglers pretty much dominated the boater side of the 2012 Bass Fishing League tournament held Sunday (Feb. 12) on Lake Keowee. […]

Spotted seatrout are biting suspending MirrOlures in the lower Neuse River’s creeks.

Specks, stripers active in Pamlico, Albemarle

Craig Holt

With recent days of unusually mild winter weather, fishing across North Carolina has been just as extraordinary — particularly for spotted seatrout. […]

Securing gamefish status for red drum, speckled trout and stripers is vital to ensuring the health of North Carolina coastal communities, Topsail Island realtor Dean Phillips says.

Coastal realtor says gamefish status key to coastal counties’ survival

Craig Holt

The way Dean Phillips of Topsail Island sees it, fish availability is the horseshoe nail, the linchpin to the survival of most of North Carolina’s coastal counties, which is to say saltwater fish are crucial to the lives of a majority of coastal residents. […]

Angler Ray Brown of Colerain told legislators during yesterday's Committee on Marine Fisheries meeting that gamefish protection of red drum, speckled trout and striped bass would encourage the already important recreational fishing industry.

Experience is ‘sole reason hundreds of thousand go fishing every year,’ saltwater fisheries management review committee told

Craig Holt

The state legislature’s Committee on Marine Fisheries met for the second time on Thursday (Feb. 2) this time to hear comments from stakeholders in the saltwater fishing industry. […]

Even the study used by Gov. Bev Perdue to support commercial fishing shows recreational fishing is far more important to the state's economy.

Study used by Perdue shows recreational fishing more important than commercial fishing

Jerry Dilsaver

Statistics that Gov. Bev Perdue used to try and convince the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to continue the dredging of Oregon Inlet last year provides plenty of fodder for those supporting changes in the way North Carolina manages its saltwater fisheries resources. […]